US equities close mixed
US equities ended a choppy session narrowly mixed on Wednesday following the sell-off seen in the previous session. The major averages on the Wall Street eventually finished the day mixed with the Dow marginally up 38.04 points or 0.1 percent to 40,974.97, the S&P 500 dipped 8.86 points or 0.2 percent to 5,520.07 and the Nasdaq fell 52.00 points or 0.3 percent to 17,084.30. Energy shares led the declines, with Exxon Mobil and Chevron falling 1.2% and 1.7%, respectively. Tech shares also underperformed as Nvidias stock dropped 1.6% amid AI concerns. Intel lost 3.3%.